Cirillo The Vincent Grenache Barossa – 2022

Old vine Grenache from low-yielding bush vines in South Australia’s McLaren Vale and Barossa has become one of the most exciting red wine styles in Australia. With its gentle tannins, ripe raspberry fruit character and spicy acidity, Aussie Grenache feels like a cross between a warm vintage red Burgundy and a Southern Rhone Grenache. Cirillo own some of the oldest Grenache vines still in production anywhere in the world; their “Vincent Grenache” vines were planted over 120 years ago!

“The 2022 The Vincent Survivor Vine Grenache is plush and fine at once. The febrile tannins that shape the fruit are very fine—pliability and ductility are the story. It has notes of graphite, black tea, strawberry, raspberry seed, exotic spice and black cherry. This is a beauty, and it really overdelivers for the price point. Twenty percent of the wine goes into old oak. It’s enough to support the tannins, but not enough to feel overtly oaky. Lovely, this comes from 1906 and 1901 plantings of Grenache, on spur-pruned trellis. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.” 94/100pts The Wine Advocate